Economics

2013 Economics Seminar Series 

The School of Economics Seminar Series is held on a weekly basis during session from 12:30pm to 2:00pm. Venues and seminar details will be emailed weekly, please contact econ-enquiries@uow.edu.au if you would like to be added to the mailing list. All are welcome to attend and a light lunch is provided. Details below on upcoming seminars. If you would like further details of any of the seminars please contact our Seminar Coordinator Professor Amnon Levy.  Details of previous economics seminars are also available.

 2013 Autumn Session Program 

Date/TopicSpeakerLocation
14 March 2013Professor Amnon Levy, University of Wollongong24. G02
Topic

Would a Rational Underage Person Drink in Company and Binge?

 
   
21 March 2013Dr Jason Lindo, University of Oregon & University of Wollongong40A:G81
TopicAlcohol Policy, Drinking, and Mortality in Australia 
   
28 March 2013Dr Silvia Mendolia, University of Wollongong40A.G81
TopicThe impact of pre-school on adolescents' outcomes: Evidence from a recent English cohort 
   
04 April 2013Dr Eduardo Fernandez Pol, University of Wollongong40A.G81
TopicThe Schumpeter Critique of Economics 
   
11 April 2013Professor Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee, London School of Economics & University of Melbourne40A.G81
Topic

Would you pay for transparently useless advice? A test of boundaries of beliefs in the folly of predictions

 
   
19 April 2013*Dr Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University40A.G81
TopicIndigenous disability: Recent evidence and implications for policy and service delivery 
 * Please note seminar is scheduled for Friday 19 April 2013 at 3pm 
   
02 May 2013Dr Peter Siminski, University of Wollongong40A.G81
TopicDoes the Military Train Men to Be Violent Criminals? New Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries 
   
09 May 2013Dr Ariel Ben-Yishay, University of New South Wales 40A.G81
 TopicUnbundling Democracy: Tilly Trumps Schumpeter 
   
16 May 2013Professor James Morley, University of New South Wales40A.G81
TopicLikelihood-Based Confidence Sets for the Timing of Structural Breaks 
   
23 May 2013Dr Tess Stafford, University of New South Wales 40A.G81
 TopicWhat Do Fishermen Tell Us That Taxi Drivers Don't?  An Empirical Investigation of Labor Supply 
   
30 May 2013Dr Evgenia (Geni) Dechter, University of New South Wales 40A.G81
TopicTBC 
   
06 June 2013Presentation by University of Wollongong PhD Candidates40A.G81
TopicTBC 
   
07 July 2013Professor Ian Walker, Lancaster UniversityTBC
TopicThe long run effect of class size 

 

 

 

 

Last reviewed: 9 May, 2013